Official 2015 Disneyland Half Marathon Thread.

TRX is sooooo hard though
It can be tricky to get the hang of, that's true. My gym has a couple of them set-up for people to use but they're almost never occupied, even during high use times of day. I have a "Fit Deck" for TRX that I got from Amazon. It's a deck of cards with a series of exercises broken down into upper body, lower body, and core. Sometimes I use the full deck, but post-run, I'll pull the lower body out and just cycle through the upeer body and core exercises. That and the Neila Ray (now "Dare Bee") website with hundreds of body weight workouts to choose from have helped me challenge myself and not get bored with a routine.

The "head trainer" was the one that kept beating me down about weight and numbers and blah blah blah. I really just wanted to have someone give me a plan for what I need to do to get faster and stronger, along with showing me how to use the machines, etc. In the end, I got that - but not until after I had to sit through some meathead tell me how I'll only be happy with myself if I'm a lean, toned size 2 with less than 10% body fat.

I was a little depressed about it last night, but I'm over it.
I think a lot of the guys who are giving sales pitches focus on weight, especially at the beginning of the year when people are thinking about resolutions. I've had several similar encounters, even when I weighed 20 pounds less than I do know (which was natural, but not really healthy). It sounds like the actual trainer is more interested in you and your goals, which is nice.

But we do have a border collie and a kelpie
I have a border collie/cattle dog mix that keeps me on my toes!

It was a 15k (my longest distance yet), but there were so many hills in San Diego (CA) and it was a tough course.
I love running in San Diego, but some of those hills are killer. Balboa Park has some awesome trails!
 
I drove home today. In my car. With the windows open. Heady stuff for sure!!! Spring might actually be coming after all. I had my doubts.
 
I drove home today. In my car. With the windows open. Heady stuff for sure!!! Spring might actually be coming after all. I had my doubts.
Weather glorious here today Vancouver B.C. 65 degrees. No wind just a perfect day. I think Spring has sprung here. Great afternoon on the Starbucks Patio.
 

I had to go to the gym to run on the treadmill last night. It was 39 degrees with 15-20 MPH winds.

:(
 
@Kathymford
I'm sorry to interrupt the cross-training discussion, but can anyone recommend a headband (to keep the sweat out of my eyes during longer runs)? I have seen some sponsored reviews for SweatyBands, but I take everything with a grain of salt and would like to solicit your opinions :) Thanks in advance!

Sorry for the delay in my reply, the headband I use is from Halo
I've used them in hot/cold/rain/etc... and for me they always work. Highly recommended.
 
@Kathymford - oh gosh, my car can barely make it up some hills in San Diego. I can't even imagine having to run up them :crazy2:

I'm sorry to interrupt the cross-training discussion, but can anyone recommend a headband (to keep the sweat out of my eyes during longer runs)? I have seen some sponsored reviews for SweatyBands, but I take everything with a grain of salt and would like to solicit your opinions :) Thanks in advance!
Just got an email this morning that lots of SweatyBands are on sale for $5. Their shipping can be nuts though.

http://www.sweatybands.com/shop/fea...A.7gNesQ&_bta_c=d024ztjbyle8r8bligxa953t713e8
 
Sorry for the delay in my reply, the headband I use is from Halo
I've used them in hot/cold/rain/etc... and for me they always work. Highly recommended.

Thanks for the recommendation, Sgt. I am on a shopping spree now!

Just got an email this morning that lots of SweatyBands are on sale for $5. Their shipping can be nuts though.

Sweet! A sale is always good - glad I held out until now. Good to know about the high shipping costs (I guess that's a good way for a business to recover $ loss from discounts). Thanks again! :)
 
Sweet! A sale is always good - glad I held out until now. Good to know about the high shipping costs (I guess that's a good way for a business to recover $ loss from discounts). Thanks again! :)
I mean...I thought it was a little nutso. But I'm a cheapskate. :teeth:
 
I mean...I thought it was a little nutso. But I'm a cheapskate. :teeth:

You're totally right - $5.60 is just plain nutso for something that is going to cost less than $3 to mail. I'm a total cheapskate as well, so I added a few more headbands to my cart in order to justify the high shipping cost. Can't wait to try these recommended brands out!

Now that I think about it, there is no logic to my reasoning: spend $, spend more $$ to decrease the cost-per-item = spend lots of $$ :upsidedow. But then this is exactly what I'm doing with runDisney - spend race registration money to justify going to DL or WDW ... :rolleyes1
 
You're totally right - $5.60 is just plain nutso for something that is going to cost less than $3 to mail. I'm a total cheapskate as well, so I added a few more headbands to my cart in order to justify the high shipping cost. Can't wait to try these recommended brands out!

Now that I think about it, there is no logic to my reasoning: spend $, spend more $$ to decrease the cost-per-item = spend lots of $$ :upsidedow. But then this is exactly what I'm doing with runDisney - spend race registration money to justify going to DL or WDW ... :rolleyes1
I remember it being worse one time...like close to $10. Maybe I clicked some sort of weird option. :confused3 Or maybe I'm exaggerating it in my head...

And I would totally do the same thing - buy more to justify the shipping. :teeth:
 
I drove home today. In my car. With the windows open. Heady stuff for sure!!! Spring might actually be coming after all. I had my doubts.

Snow showers? We have snow showers in the forecast. *sigh* Spring is always precocious around here.
 
:sad::sad::sad: It's snowing here this morning. I have a half scheduled for tomorrow in Philadelphia. Forcast is for 28 degrees at start time. BRRRRRR!! I have to rethink my clothing options and don't forget to pack ear warmers and gloves.
 
So - if this week has taught me anything, it's that I still need quite a bit of conditioning to get better at this running thing.

I just need to remember that this whole thing is a marathon, not a sprint (ha!) ... so, I'll probably spend between now and the start of the Galloway Time Improvement plan (April 29) working out every day and just doing a "long" run of 3-4 miles on the weekends. Hopefully that will set me up to be better conditioned and stronger for training for the DLH and the races that follow.

I guess that means deferring Pixie Dust, but oh well. I can do it next year and be in a better position to enjoy it rather than struggle through it because I'm not ready.
 
Hello All,

I thought I would introduce myself. I am Kristi and am registered for the 1/2. There was a computer glitch that lost me the DDD entry, so I am bummed about that. My running mates are running the DDD and for me just the 1/2 right now. Will be searching for a bib until race weekend. This will be my 5th Run Disney 1/2 with 2 Tinkerbells, Wine & Dine, and the Avengers behind me. My best friend and I are trying to get all the Run Disney medals. I live in Northern CA. so the weather is good running weather year round. I am not a fast runner, and do run/walk intervals, but I get it done.
 
Hello All,

I thought I would introduce myself. I am Kristi and am registered for the 1/2. There was a computer glitch that lost me the DDD entry, so I am bummed about that. My running mates are running the DDD and for me just the 1/2 right now. Will be searching for a bib until race weekend. This will be my 5th Run Disney 1/2 with 2 Tinkerbells, Wine & Dine, and the Avengers behind me. My best friend and I are trying to get all the Run Disney medals. I live in Northern CA. so the weather is good running weather year round. I am not a fast runner, and do run/walk intervals, but I get it done.

Welcome!
 
So - if this week has taught me anything, it's that I still need quite a bit of conditioning to get better at this running thing.

I just need to remember that this whole thing is a marathon, not a sprint (ha!) ... so, I'll probably spend between now and the start of the Galloway Time Improvement plan (April 29) working out every day and just doing a "long" run of 3-4 miles on the weekends. Hopefully that will set me up to be better conditioned and stronger for training for the DLH and the races that follow.

I guess that means deferring Pixie Dust, but oh well. I can do it next year and be in a better position to enjoy it rather than struggle through it because I'm not ready.
Well that's a bummer! But you gotta do what you feel is best for you. :hug:
 
Well, I just tried a TRX basics class. It was good and definitely a good class, but right now I just like yoga better. :confused3 I seem to have a short attention span when it comes to cross training though, so I could potentially see myself going to TRX regularly at some point.

Also - I was wearing a shirt from a local half marathon (the girl version with pink writing) and the gentleman next to me had on the same shirt, by the boy version (blue writing). We were cool running twins. ::yes::
 
Well that's a bummer! But you gotta do what you feel is best for you. :hug:

Yeah, I know. I'm pretty bummed but I'm still not 100% certain I'm going to.

But I just want to do the best I can at this, so I think it means slowing down my training so I'm getting stronger, faster and healthier ... rather than just being able to finish. I've finished one half - my next one, I want to finish better. If that makes sense ...
 












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